Vulnerability · Published Jan 7, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-14057Multi-column Tag Map <= 17.0.39 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'mctm_css_conditional' Parameter
Medium 4.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Multi-column Tag Map from tugbucket. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Multi-column Tag Map plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 17.0.39 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| tugbucket | Multi-column Tag Map | 0 – through 17.0.39 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f151cb44-499e-4b08-80fb-0a573594d624?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/multi-column-tag-map/trunk/mctagmap_functions.php#L1845
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/multi-column-tag-map/tags/17.0.39/mctagmap_functions.php#L1845
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/multi-column-tag-map/tags/17.0.39/mctagmap-options.php#L65